Age, Biography and Wiki
Pooja Khanna was born on 19 November, 1990 in Rohtak, Harayana, India, is an Indian paralympic archer. Discover Pooja Khanna's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 33 years old?
| Popular As |
Pooja Khanna |
| Occupation |
N/A |
| Age |
33 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Scorpio |
| Born |
19 November 1990 |
| Birthday |
19 November |
| Birthplace |
Rohtak, Harayana, India |
| Nationality |
India
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She is a member of famous Archer with the age 33 years old group.
Pooja Khanna Height, Weight & Measurements
At 33 years old, Pooja Khanna height not available right now. We will update Pooja Khanna's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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| Parents |
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Pooja Khanna Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Pooja Khanna worth at the age of 33 years old? Pooja Khanna’s income source is mostly from being a successful Archer. She is from India. We have estimated Pooja Khanna's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
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| Source of Income |
Archer |
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Timeline
Pooja Khanna is India's first ever Paralympic Archery player.
Pooja got the 29th spot out of all the 32 participants, whereas, Milena finished with securing the 4th spot.
Her initial interest was in Shooting but instead she pursued her career in Discus throw until 2014, when she finally switched to Archery.
Because of her disability and their financial condition, her parents were against of their daughter taking up Archery, but eventually started supporting her.
She was born to a Dalit family and during her training faced discrimination and untouchability as well.
She has also completed her master's degree in Library Sciences from Baba Mastnath University, Rohtak.
She is the eldest sibling out of the 4 children.
Her journey in sports began with her love and passion for Shooting since childhood.
Her original plan was to compete at the highest level in Shooting.
She used to get trained in Shooting at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Rohtak, but left her dream to compete at the highest level, because of less future scope and high costs.
After leaving Shooting, she started her career in Discus throw and continued with it for 3 years and even played games at higher levels in it.
It was only until 2014, when she discovered her likeness and inclination towards Archery, that she left Discus-throw.
She learnt Archery in just two and a half years.
She debuted at the 2016 Rio Olympics at the age of 25 and was the only archer from India among all the 19 athletes sent to the games.
She secured a fifth-place in the final Paralympic Qualifier which secured India's spot in the 2016 Olympics under World Quota Recurve Women Open in the Czech Republic 2016.
Her Olympic's journey ended at Round 32 after she failed to defeat Poland's Milena Olszewska by 2–6.
She was able to secure a rank of 29 out of the 32 archers participating.
Pooja Khanna was born in Rohtak, Haryana to parents who struggled by doing odd jobs for their living.
Her father used to be a bin and scrap collector.
On being not able to see her father's misery and financial inadequacy, she decided to venture into sports.
She was diagnosed with Poliomyelitis during childhood.
The Rio 2016 Paralympics marked the first time in history that an Indian athlete competed in the Para-archery event.
Her journey to Rio started with a lot of hardships.
It wasn't just her disability or her caste, but the high costing of the sport as well.
Archery is touted to be as one of the costliest Olympic sports.
For her training she also needed an elite-level coach and enough equipment.
She had to manage for her housing, food, travel expenses, both inter-country and international as well.
After escaping all the possible barriers, she finally made it to Rio for the event Recurve Individual Open.
She made it till the Round 32 of the event where she was pitted against Poland's Milena Olszewska.
The match had 4 sets, which started with Milena scoring 25 to Pooja's 22.
The second set finished with Milena's 23 to Pooja's 21.
In the third set, Pooja scored more than Milena which was 25–24.
In the fourth set, Milena again defeated Pooja by scoring 23–22.
Pooja's overall score lead to her exit from her Olympics journey.
